Lovers Or Strangers

Chapter 4

Joe's POV
" I am in a taxi by the back entrance of the stadium." I yelled into the phone.
Nothing. "Hello?Rose? Rose? Can you hear me? Listen to me-"
"I can hear you fine Joe!" Rose exclaimed from outside the taxi window.
"Next time you talk on the phone, make sure the phone is actually on call" Angie smirked as she slid into the car. I turned bright red.
"Anyway we had a great time!" Rose said and waved frantically out the window.
" Who are you waving to? You do know the mass of people out there came for One Direction not you."I snorted
" No, its my friend. Her name is Ari. Well, Arina. Arina Llo. She sat next to me at the stadium. Apperantly she is going to the same school we are!" Rose exclaimed excitedly.
" Don't be so flattered. She probably said that because she knew you are the kind of person with no friends." I smiled mischeviously. Rose gave me a hard glare.
As she opened her mouth to say more

Angie interrupted " Stop fighting! We are coming back from an actual concert from the best band ever and ya'll are arguing about friends!" Rose and I just burst out laughing.
" Did...did you just say ya'll?" Rose said whiping away tears.
"Yeah. It sticks around after a while." Angie smiled. Her accent was refreshing compared to our southern drawl. I had just now noticed the way her face was clearly visible ad shinning beautifully with her hair put back into into a bun. She turned a rosy shade of pink when her green eyes met mine. We both turned away.
"Uh, do you want to like get late night dinner?" Get it together Joe. I cleared my throat " Do you guys want to stop by McDonalds before we get home?" I asked much more collected this time.
" Yeah!" Rose jumped up and down her seat until the taxi driver started giving her an angry look."McFlurry here I come." she said in almost a whisper. Angie high fived Rose and I told the driver where to go next. I would need a lot of tip for this one.

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Angie's POV
   I kicked my shoes off and jumped on the couch, face first. I was extremely tired. The concert ended at 11, but the quick trip for food wasn't so quick. Rose wanted to stay and eat so we did. We were talking about everything that happened in that stadium, although I think Joe was only pretending to listen.
   We forgot to tell the taxi driver we where staying so he angirly drove off after coming into the restaurant and charging us extra. It took about 30 minutes to actualy get a taxi and apperantly there is traffic between 1 and 2 o'clock.  The house was quiet and I think I fell asleep before my body hit the couch.
I started to dream about a red bull,( I don't know why) when I felt someone grab me from the waist and pick me up bridal style. I jolted awake.
"Shh go back to sleep, babe " His voice low and clearly tired. Did he say babe? My head hit his shoulder and I fell asleep to soon to think about it.
     The last thing I felt before the harsh glint of sun in my eyes was the comfort of being in my own bed.
____________________________________ Rose's POV
     I ran down the stairs. I have gotten used to slipping and landing on my butt, my butt was getting stronger from the constant impact. By the time I was on the floor I was a sobbing mess. Joe got up from his video game and came to my side.
" Are you ok? What happened? Did your imaginary boyfriend break up with you?" Usually his sarcastic humor would make me feel better, but not today. I just cried harder. Then Angie slipped down the stairs, a bit more graceful than I did and landed on the floor. Her eyes were flooded with tears as well. I gave her a knowing glance and we hugged crying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs.
" How am I supposed to help you if you dont tell me what is wrong." Joe said, becoming concerned. " I haven't seen you like this since zayn..." He trailed of and I cried harder. He took out his phone and typed something in.
" Oh, a hiatus?" Joe said. This time the tears that were backround noises of the scene took center stage and we were both a whaling mess.
" Ok don't move, I will be right back!" He said as he grabbed his keys and walked to the door.
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The door opened to reveal Joe with a bag of groceries. We had stopped crying, but we were in a depressed haze. We were sitting in front of the T.V. Joe handed us two big containers of ice cream and sat down next to us. He was keeping his distance though. He knew how to deal with disstresed people. He, like me, grew up with a single mom. His mom was pretty young too. When bills or money became a problem Joe learned how to de-stress people. I like that about him. He knows to let you breathe and relax.
  I started shivering, and grabbed the closest blanket. Angie did the same. We where hoodeled up watching all the video diaries. Telling ourselves they would come back, or it wasn't true. But then again who expected Zayn to leave? The thought had me crying harder. I grabbed some tissue to try and clean nyself up but there was too much snot and tears and too little tissue, so I just let it run down.
Joe's POV
I tried not to look at them. I wanted to let them get all the tears out of the way, but i was worried so I stole a glance that soon became a gaze. Both Angie and Rose where pale with puffy eyes and red noses.  I got up and sat on the now clutter filled coffee table. Put my hands on each of their foreheads and got the same reaction. They both shivered and I quickly moved my hands away. It was a fever. Unbelievable. One Durection gave Angie and Rose a freaking fever. Now I would have to play doctor. Great. Dr. Joe's 2 pacients are gonna need lots if work to get better.
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